Station platform for toy railroads



NOV- 24, I942- J. l. BoNANNo STATION PLATFORM FOR TOY RALROADS FiledJune 7., 41940 tw Jig ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 24, 1942 Y' f l UNITED NSTATES voF'F.icia- STATION PLATFORBI FOR TOY RAILROADS Joseph L.Bonanno, Maplewood, N. J., assignor to The Lionel Corporation; New York,N. Y., a corporation of New York Application June 7, 1940, Serial No.339,260

s claims.` (c1. 46-12) The present invention contemplates a stationextend down to the upper face of the platform. platform for toyrailroads designed to simulate The central large post 30 has a tip 3|which exan appearance of station platforms which are tends into a socket32 in the base. The platform used with regular railroads. It may beprovided may be secured to a suitable support by screws inwth grillelike members to simulate a fence bedicated at 33. Y, tween the roofsupporting members, and it may The posts I2 and I4 are preferably spacedtwobe provided with electric lighting means so that thirds of thedistance from the center of the basethe platform may be lighted from thecircuit used to the ends of the base. The ends of the base and inoperating the other toy railroad accessories. of the roof are in thesame plane so that when two The accompanying drawing shows, for purunitsare brought together, as shown in Figure 4, poses of illustrating thepresent invention, one of these ends abut. Owing to the spacing of thethe many embodiments in which the invention posts it is possible toinsert another grille like may take form, it being understood that themember 28 between the posts of adjacent units. drawing is illustrativeof the invention rather The extension 3| may be readily removed so thatthan limiting the same. the parts will t without making it necessary toIn the drawing: provide notches in the ends of the bases. Figure 1 is anelevational view of the station It is obvious that the invention may beem- DlatfOlm; bodied in many forms and constructions `within Figure 2 isan enlarged longitudinal vertical the scope of the claims and I wish itto be undersectional View of the same; stood that the particular formshown is but one Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view on the of themany forms. Various modificationsand line 3-3 of Figure 2; and changesbeing possible, I do not otherwise limit Figure 4 is a top plan viewillustrating the use myself in any way with respect thereto. of a numberof platform units to construct a What is claimed is: longer platform. 1.A station platform for toy railroads com- The station platform has arectangular base I0 prising a base, two spaced metallic uprightscarpreferably made of molded insulating material ried by the base andinsulated from one another, and shaped to simulate the floor ofarailroad wiring connectors carried by the lower ends of platform. It isapertured as indicated at II to the uprights and in circuit therewith, aroof sereceive three uprights I2, I3 and I4. These up- 30 cured to thetop of the uprights, lamp sockets rights are secured to the base byscrews indicated carried by the upper ends of the uprights, each at I 5.The end uprights I2 and I4 are alike having a contact connected with theupright, and and each has a horizontally threaded lamp socket a contactinsulated therefrom, and a wire con- I6 adapted to receive an electriclamp I'I. The necting the insulated contacts. center insulated contactsI8 of the sockets are i 2. A platform such as claimed in claim1,-havinterconnected by a wire I9. The screws I5, I 5` ing anintermediate upright and fence forming used to secure the end uprightmembers I2 and elements between the uprights.

I4 to the base also secure wirereceiving connec- 3. A section forforming an elongated platform tors 20 in place so that when current issupplied for toy railroads comprising a long rectangular to these twoconnectors the two lamps may be 4U base, three roof supporting uprightsdisposed placed in series. along the longitudinal axis of the base, oneat The uprights I2, I3 and I4 have laterally exthe center and theotherstwo-thirds of the distending bracket elements 2l which simulate thetance from the center to the ends, the sides of appearance of thebrackets used in supporting the the uprights having vertically spaced,laterally roofs of railroad platforms. The uprights I2, I3 4 openingsockets, grille-like members simulating and I4 are covered by a roofforming member 22 a fence and having ends which enter the sockets alsomade of molded insulating material. It is so that the fence extendsbetween the upsecured in place by bolts 23 threaded into the rights, anda roof simulating element carried by outer uprights. The uprights I2, I3and I4 are the uprights with its ends directly over the ends providedwith outwardly facing sockets or re- 5l of the base so that when aplurality of such seccesses 24 and 25 adapted to receive the ends 26tions are juxtaposed end to end and a grille-like and 2l of grille likemembers 28 which extend member is disposed intermediate the uprightsfrom one upright to the other. This grille like adjacent the abuttingends, an elongated platmember simulates a fence. The larger post likeform with continuous fence may be constructed. elements 29 at the endsof each grille like member '75 4. A section such as claimed in claim 3,wherein the base, roof and grille-like members .are of insulatingmaterial, and having wiring connectors carried by the bottoms of theouter uprights, lamps carried by the tops of the outer uprights, and aconnection between the lamps to put them 1n series.

5. An upright for use in station platforms of toy railroads comprising ametal casting having a central post forming portion, laterally extendingbracket forming portions, to simulate the brackets used as roof supportsin railroad station platforms, and a lamp socket at the top formed linthe casting and facing at right angles to the plane of the brackets. c

10 reception of a fence grille.

JOSEPH L. BONANNO.

